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IV Regional Integration »
Source: Trade and Trade Policies in Eastern and Southern Africa
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Arvind Subramanian
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 28 September 2000
ISBN: 9781557759429
Keywords: trade liberalization, monopoly, trade taxes, export taxes, export performance
Preferential Liberalization in Goods During the 1990s, in addition to the Cross-Border Initiative, countries in eastern and southern Africa embarked on a number of bilateral and regi...

Trade and Trade Policies in Eastern and Southern Africa »
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Arvind Subramanian
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 28 September 2000
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781557759429.084
ISBN: 9781557759429
Keywords: trade liberalization, monopoly, trade taxes, export taxes, export performance
Since the early 1990s, many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have made significant progress in opening their economies to external competition through trade and currency liberalization. This paper analyzes trade and...

Back Matter »
Source: Trade and Trade Policies in Eastern and Southern Africa
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Arvind Subramanian
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 28 September 2000
ISBN: 9781557759429
Keywords: trade liberalization, monopoly, trade taxes, export taxes, export performance
Since the early 1990s, many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have made significant progress in opening their economies to external competition through trade and currency liberalization. This paper analyzes trade and...

Front Matter »
Source: Trade and Trade Policies in Eastern and Southern Africa
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Arvind Subramanian
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 28 September 2000
ISBN: 9781557759429
Keywords: trade liberalization, monopoly, trade taxes, export taxes, export performance
Since the early 1990s, many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have made significant progress in opening their economies to external competition through trade and currency liberalization. This paper analyzes trade and...

V The External Environment and Trade Developments »
Source: Trade and Trade Policies in Eastern and Southern Africa
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Arvind Subramanian
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 28 September 2000
ISBN: 9781557759429
Keywords: trade liberalization, monopoly, trade taxes, export taxes, export performance
External Environment ESA countries faced changes in their external environment in the 1990s, caused by the increasing trend toward globalization and worldwide trade liberalization, m...

VI Macroeconomic Aspects of Trade Liberalization »
Source: Trade and Trade Policies in Eastern and Southern Africa
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Arvind Subramanian
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 28 September 2000
ISBN: 9781557759429
Keywords: trade liberalization, monopoly, trade taxes, export taxes, export performance
This section deals with two questions: whether initial macroeconomic conditions influenced the extent of trade liberalization during the 1990s, and whether trade liberalization was associated in...

VII Trade Policy Issues Ahead »
Source: Trade and Trade Policies in Eastern and Southern Africa
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Arvind Subramanian
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 28 September 2000
ISBN: 9781557759429
Keywords: trade liberalization, monopoly, trade taxes, export taxes, export performance
In coming years, ESA countries will be affected by the ongoing trend of trade liberalization at the regional level (Table 7.1). The EU-South Africa free trade agreement (EU-SA FTA) will also hav...

Australia : Benefiting from Economic Reforms »
Series: Books
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 20 November 1998
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781557757326.071
ISBN: 9781557757326
Keywords: inflation, unemployment, monetary policy, employment, current account deficit
Australia's recent economic performance has been impressive. It has experienced steady growth since the early 1990s and inflation has averaged just 2 percent over the same period. This strong showing marks a depart...

2 Australia’s Long-Term Economic Performance »
Source: Australia : Benefiting from Economic Reforms
Series: Books
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 20 November 1998
ISBN: 9781557757326
Keywords: inflation, unemployment, monetary policy, employment, current account deficit
For much of the postwar era, Australia’s economic performance has been relatively disappointing. From the 1960s through the 1980s, per capita growth rates were significantly lower than those of other industr...

Front Matter »
Source: Australia : Benefiting from Economic Reforms
Series: Books
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 20 November 1998
ISBN: 9781557757326
Keywords: inflation, unemployment, monetary policy, employment, current account deficit
Australia's recent economic performance has been impressive. It has experienced steady growth since the early 1990s and inflation has averaged just 2 percent over the same period. This strong showing marks a depart...